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1 week ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Like the fabled realm of Asgard in Marvel’s “Thor” franchise, the Arts Council of Greater Lansing is about people, not a place. Meghan Martin, the council’s executive director, had to unroll a 7-foot-tall logo and plunk it next to her new third-floor office in East Lansing last week to pose for the photo on this page so that readers would know whose space this is and what this story is about.
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2 weeks ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:31 am On a brisk February morning, two student interns from the MSU Broad Art Museum slipped into a second-grade classroom at Lansing’s Post Oak Academy, carrying a plastic bin of paint sticks and a stack of circular wood panels.
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2 weeks ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Billboards and posters plastered around town told us that Friday’s (April 4) Lansing Symphony Orchestra concert had a Spanish theme. But they didn’t warn us that we’d need a megadose of Spanish fly to keep up with the multiple bursts of ecstasy maestro Timothy Muffitt and his extra-large orchestra were about to unleash. The carnal exegesis wasn’t just the figment of a dirty mind.
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1 month ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2025 8:48 am Through April 3 4-7 p.m. Thursday-Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday Lansing Art Gallery 300 S. Washington Square, Lansing 5-8 p.m. April 3 lansingartgallery.org The Lansing Art Gallery dodged a dozen near-death experiences in its 60-year history, but it was still a shock when the real thing struck. Citing insurmountable financial difficulties, Board Chair Rachel Beatty announced Saturday (March 22) that the gallery will close at the end of April. Since...
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1 month ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25Wharton Center Cobb Great Hall750 E.
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1 month ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2025 7:51 am It took a long time for the city of Lansing to get an obstinate raft of ducks in a row and find a way to move City Hall from its leaky, rusting, mid-20th-century home to a new, smaller, more efficient building a few blocks away.
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1 month ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino |Berl Schwartz
The City Rescue Mission of Lansing is the new steward of a historic property — which it is contemplating tearing down. The Glaister House, a 148-year-old red brick Queen Anne- and Italianate-style residence at the corner of Walnut and Kalamazoo streets in downtown Lansing, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2017. The rescue mission took possession of it last year in a non-cash transaction with its previous owner, Set Seg Insurance Services Agency Inc.
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1 month ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Jean Lee’s job requires her to keep her eyes and ears on the present moment, the near future and generations to come. “There really isn’t anything else like it at Michigan State University,” Lee said. “It’s kind of a two-part job.”As instructor and coordinator of string music education at MSU — a teacher and a teacher of teachers — she believes that the joy of music making should be a part of everyone’s life, not just the rich kids.
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1 month ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2025 7:17 am Benefit for Asheville flood relief 2-10 p.m. Sunday, March 9 Moriarty’s Pub 802 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing facebook.com/moriartyspub 3 p.m. Jen Sygit 4 p.m. The Further Adventures of FatBoy & JiveTurkey 5 p.m. The Polaroids 6 p.m. Supergroup 1: Jeff Sipe w/ Andy Wilson, Drew Howard, Freddie Cunningham, Keith Minaya, Mike Smalley 7 p.m. Supergroup 2: Jeff Sipe w/ Jim Alfredson, Chris Minami and special guests TBA 8 p.m. Jam session When galaxies collide,...
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2 months ago | 
lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino
Posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 7:04 am Willye Bryan moves through the world, in dark days and bright days, through storm and calm, with a quiet sense of purpose.
